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Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:34 pm

Oh god yes. please do a super. i want to do mine. if not i'll probrobly just graft in a flat windshield. :D

Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:24 pm

how much different will it be using your technique with a full roof?

Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:54 pm

Not different at all. Instead of the section with the rag, use one from a hard top.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:22 am

51splitLV wrote: cln60rag -- come on-- i've know carlos about twelve years, hes kicked my butt and i've kicked his butt at car shows, i was j/k to see if he would read this post, didn't you understand the smiley face, that means joking.
sorry it sound like you took it the wrong way. :lol:

see you in oct for town square.
to bad you guys can't come up the hill to make the show. tom
tom i've been to everyone of your shows! so don't go there buddy...i'll have two cars there this year with a full lineup so i expect vip parking :wink:

Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:19 am

STOP HIGH JACKING MY THRED...

Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:21 am

Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:03 am

Hey Dude....long time no see 8) . Excellent step by step howto. I can see all the chop tops showin up at the shows now :roll: . Great work Chris, as usual. When ya gonna lean on a Type III ??? :D Your bud, Norm.

Fri May 15, 2009 3:01 pm

I did not do the fill work but its done.

compared to the stock roof...

Fri May 15, 2009 3:02 pm

Fri May 15, 2009 3:06 pm

Heres a shot of the dash too... this car is a 61.

Fri May 15, 2009 6:22 pm

8) Looks great. Very nice work. 8)
Tim

Fri May 15, 2009 7:31 pm

Chop a super! I've got a parts car I'll be stealing the windows from, maybe I'll try it and see if it turns out cool.

Fri May 15, 2009 7:37 pm

god that is sooo cool! Nice job :D

Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:15 am

Great explanation! I hope to have the courage to try that some day. It has given me some ideas on my current project and I have a quick question about what you said below.

[quote="Clark Kustoms"]
Later ill cut through both these pieces once i get them lined up.

I am restoring a 70 vert. Currently replacing the front clip. I have been wondering how I was going to marry the new one to the car. In your picture above you say you are overlapping the two pieces and then you will 'cut through them both'. That makes a lot of sense for aligning and then welding them together. My question is what are you using to cut them both that is making a clean, thin space for welding. I have cut my car with a DeWalt .045 thickness blade that I got at Lowes. I use my grinder with this blade. Actually is is 4 1/2 x .045 x 7/8 to be exact. Is that too thick to cut through 2 pieces and have the right spacing for welding?

I plan on cutting it with about a one inch overlap, then clamping it tight in place. When I know it is lined up with the wings and hood and two body mounts under the gas tank I will tack weld it in a few places then do what you did and cut through both pieces so I will have a tight fit to weld.

I know this is not a top chop but a technical question about how you align body panels before welding.

Does that sound like a good plan.

Your car turned out beautiful!

Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:43 am

Oh man put that thing in some etch primer all ready :shock:

Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:45 am

I applied OSPHO to it for the rust. I still need to sand it all and then the primer. But from what I have heard the OSPHO is good enough for now.

Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:23 pm

Clark Kustoms wrote:
This is the welder i use. Wire feed with gas to keep the heat down,
bosch 4 1/2'' cut of wheel, markers and duct tape.
Here you can see the cutter i used. I you tilt the cutter at a angle
and space the panels a 1/16 apart the the gap will be minimal.

Then turn the wire speed up a little to fill the gap.

Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:24 pm

When cutting the overlaped panels, you can see that i dont push the
panels tight together...

...so when i cut them i can tilt the cutter at a angle. The bigger the gap
the less of a angle.[/quote]

Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:13 pm

Clark Kustoms wrote: If your using the rear window thats in the car and not changing it to
a oval , one cut across above the rear window will work.

So I am following along here, my bug is marked and I have began cutting. At present I have the "a" pillars gone and the roof is gone back to the "b" pillars.

Here is my question. I have an oval clip that I am going to be putting in, but it doenst have any of the "quarter panel" metal on it, its been cut at the drip rail. What do you suggest? with your quoted statement above, leads me to believe that I can cut out the existing rear window and graft my oval clip in place and then continue my chop. Is that correct? I dont really want to lay the clip down any, I need to keep my decklid. I am building a VR, but I intend the run the decklid and build up a "heb" type rear. Make sense?

Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:38 pm

am thinking of doing this to a beetle project am hoping to start soon.

can you use any year beetle roof? cause if i get the oval window i'll most likey get the roof to but am thinking of getting around like a late 60's to early 70's beetle can i still do what you did?

thanks